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Dozens of hospital workers who were sent home and told to remain in isolation have tested negative for the deadly virus MERS and been cleared to return to work in Indiana, where the nation's first case of the disease was confirmed earlier this month.

But as officials in Munster, Ind., announced the end of their MERS scare Monday, health experts in Florida were beginning to deal with another case there, underscoring the ailment's potential to spread as carriers bring it in from the Middle East.

Both U.S. cases of MERS, short for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, have been diagnosed in residents of Saudi Arabia who had recently flown to the United States. The World...

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Dozens of hospital workers who were sent home and told to remain in isolation have tested negative for the deadly virus MERS and been cleared to return to work in Indiana, where the nation's first case of the disease was confirmed earlier this month.
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